There is a difference between a compressed and an archive file. So, what is an archive file? It is a collection of files and directories that are stored in a single file. An archive file is not a compressed file.
What is a compressed file? This is a collection of files and directories stored in one file. It uses less disk space for storage.
In this section, we are going to discuss two compression tools:
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